The world’s largest robotic telescope, owned by a British university but in the Canary Islands, goes into operation with a spectacular series of images. Five per cent of its observing time has been set aside for the use of schoolchildren, the first time regular access to a world class research telescope has been granted to school students. [Via: BBC Science News]
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